All Real Assets articles in Web Issue – Page 734
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Henderson moves up risk curve
Henderson Global Investors is targeting out-of-town retail warehouses in Germany for its German retail fund, Mike Sales, head of property investment, told PropertyEU at EXPO REAL. The fund manager expects to close two deals by the end of the year and has another two in the pipeline, he added.
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Uncertainty reigns as Expo delegates seek direction
Real estate investors are struggling to find direction amid capital market turbulence and mounting concerns about a potential break-up of the eurozone. Even economists are at a loss to make sense of the current climate, noted Mike Sales, head of property investment at Henderson Global Investors. ´If you ask five ...
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European portfolio sales dominated by retail: Savills
The retail sector accounted for the majority of portfolio sales in Germany, Spain and France during 2011, according to new research from real estate adviser Savills.
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Sweden sees major state property sale
A partnership between the Swedish municipality of Sigtuna and housing corporation Sigtunahem has sold a portfolio of residential and public properties to investment firm Rikshem for SEK 1.7 bn (EUR 190 mln).
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Fundamentals more robust than in 2008/09, says Prologis Europe chief
The fundamentals in the real estate industry are significantly more robust now than in 2008/09, according to Philip Dunne, CEO of Prologis Europe. ´There’s a disconnect between the wider macro-economic, financial and fiscal world and what´s happening in our business.’
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Warburg-Henderson invests EUR 342m in H1
Anglo-German fund manager Warburg-Henderson carried out acquisitions totalling EUR 342 mln and sales either completed or in negotiation equivalent to EUR 140 mln in the first half of 2011. The period also saw Warburg-Henderson launch three new funds in the Spezialfonds sector.
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Union Investment aims to invest up to EUR1bn by year-end
German fund manager Union Investment is hoping to invest up to EUR 1bn in European real estate by the year-end, its chairman of the board Reinhard Kutscher told PropertyEU.
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Palmer Capital closes EUR 116m opportunity fund
Pan-European real estate fund manager Palmer Capital has closed a new development fund spun off from its Palmer Capital Development Fund II (PCDF II).
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Insurers to take 20% slice of lending market: CBRE
Insurance companies are forecast to account for as much as 20% of the European lending market in the next three to five years, Natale Giostra, head of CBRE's debt advisory arm told PropertyEU in an interview during the EXPO REAL property fair in Munich.
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Corpus Sireo prepares EUR 300m healthcare fund
German investment and asset manager Corpus Sireo has unveiled plans to launch its second nurshing home fund, Corpus Sireo Health Care Fonds II, the company announced on the first day of the EXPO REAL property fair in Munich. The specialist fund is targeting a volume of EUR 300 mln, including ...
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UBS to launch EUR 350m logistics fund
UBS Global Asset Management is planning the launch of a new EUR 300 to EUR 350 mln property fund targeting German and Austrian logistics real estate, Tilman Hickl, head of UBS Real Estate told PropertyEU in an interview at Expo Real.
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Savills picked to sell EUR 360m of Paris assets
International property broker Savills started marketing this week for the Start Project in Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines near Paris for a price of around EUR 115 mln. The asset is being sold by a joint venture of French property group Icade and Belgian developer Codic after it reached full occupancy at the end ...
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Aberdeen gears up to launch four new funds
Aberdeen Asset Management is gearing up to launch four new funds, likely before the year-end, Alessandro Bronda, head of global property investor solutions at Aberdeen, told PropertyEU. ‘We will launch three residential funds, one each for Sweden, Denmark and Germany that will invest in a bit of everything because that ...
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AEW Europe sees German appetite for French investments
AEW Europe sees potential to expand its separate account business via institutional investors in Germany and France, CEO Christian Delaire told PropertyEU at Expo Real on Wednesday.
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Sustainability alliance launches benchmarking report
The International Sustainability Alliance (ISA), grouping real estate investors, developers and asset managers, has launched its first benchmarking report at Expo Real in Munich.
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Atrium appoints new finance chief
CEE retail specialist Atrium has appointed David Doyle as its new chief financial officer, replacing Robert Boiler who is leaving Atrium to pursue other business interests.
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Morgan Stanley close to buying largest mall in St Petersburg
Morgan Stanley Real Estate Investing is understood to be buying the Galeria shopping and entertainment centre - the largest retail scheme in St. Petersburg - for a price in the region of $1.1 bn (EUR 0.8 bn), well-informed market sources told PropertyEU.
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Carlyle Group to target niche markets
The Carlyle Group is homing in on niche real estate markets, including budget hotels and student housing, its managing director, Eric Sasson, said at Expo Real.
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Flight to prime continues: CBRE
Property investors will increasingly look to prime quality assets in core markets over the coming months as the current crisis afflicting the euro continues to develop, according to new research from property consultant CBRE.
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Changes under way in refinancing market: pbb
Change is under way in Europe's refinancing arena as the nervousness in the market is being priced in, Berhard Scholz, a member of the board at Deutsche Pfandbriefbank, told PropertyEU at Expo Real.
